An oil exploration firm has uncovered what it describes as the largest undeveloped discovery on the UK Continental Shelf.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned of a possible return to cross border criminality and even armed conflict if Brexit negotiations fail to take account of the island of Ireland.

Apartments are well on the way back price-wise in Cork, with post-slump demand and values driven by location, most of all.

One of the shot officers only recently returned from maternity leave. She was the mother of a four-month-old daughter.

England: Help was not just a phone call away for one Lancastrian woman who mistakenly phoned police on the other side of the Atlantic to complain about a dog outside her home.

THE Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award for 2015 has been awarded to Welsh writer Carys Davies for her second collection, The Redemption of Galen Pike.

England will go into a World Cup campaign on home soil without star centre Manu Tuilagi after he pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a police officer.

Kilmeen Drama Group has been blazing a trail in Irish amateur theatre since the 1940s, writes Colette Sheridan

Barry McGuigan is hoping for the perfect birthday present from his protégé tomorrow night, with the Clones Cyclone calling on Carl Frampton to deliver a knockout in his first world-title defence.

RBS Six Nations: England 47 Italy 17: England full-back Mike Brown receives medical attention for a head injury.

A former US Marine accused of killing American Sniper author Chris Kyle and another man told police he had “taken a couple of souls” and had more to claim, a court heard.

The sporting community in Cork and beyond turned out in force yesterday to honour the memory of renowned hurling coach Archdeacon Michael O’Brien, whose funeral took place in his native Innishannon following Mass in St Mary’s Church yesterday.

Nine rail workers were just seconds from death after being given no warning that an 80mph passenger train was bearing down on them, rail accident investigators have said.

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Ireland’s women will be spared a €65,000 trip to Uruguay after they were yesterday awarded the hosting of World League 2 — the penultimate tournament on their Olympic qualification journey.

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Ireland won’t go all the way unbeaten to the 2015 World Cup. What will inform Joe Schmidt’s thinking over the next 18 months is identifying those in his squad who will dip or crumble in defeats or bad performances. Or both.

Dylan Hartley is perhaps the first person to have found redemption in the form of a moustache.

The final hopefuls who have made it to the judges houses stage of The X Factor were revealed tonight.

Nitrous oxide balloons no laughing matter

An American schooner missing in the South Pacific with seven people aboard sent an undelivered text message a month ago saying its sails were shredded and it was travelling at four knots.

Unborn babies “practise” facial expressions of pain while they are in the womb, scientists say.

An Iraq War veteran charged with murdering former US Navy SEAL sniper-turned author Chris Kyle and a friend turned a gun on the pair while they were at a Texas shooting range, authorities said.

Best-selling author and former US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle has been shot dead along with another man on a gun range, police in Texas said.

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has been disqualified from driving less than a fortnight after his luxury car was removed from the road by police.

A young councillor and licensing chief in a city where a teenager needed an operation to remove her stomach after consuming a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen has said that he has also tried the drink.

A strong rotten egg smell had Southern Californians plugging their noses and crying foul as air quality experts scrambled to determine if the sulphurous scent was coming from the Salton Sea.

Tornadoes hit Texas yesterday, destroying a wing of a nursing home, peeling roofs from dozens of homes and sending lorry trailers into the air.

JASON MAGUIRE faces an uncertain spell on the sidelines after injuries suffered in a fall at Cartmel over the weekend turned out to be more serious than first thought.

Jason Maguire was taken to hospital in Lancaster for assessment on a suspected shoulder injury following a fall at Cartmel this afternoon.

Comedian and former 'Bullseye' presenter Jim Bowen said he has learned to “appreciate all the things in life” after suffering two strokes.

Budget hotel chain Travelodge announced the creation of 200 new jobs in the UK in the run-up to Christmas today.

COMMON bugs may play an important role in some cases of unexplained cot death, according to a study.

Illegal ketamine use is increasing among young people worldwide – particularly within the electronic dance music scene, according to university research.

MAPS of Ireland dating back as far as 1572, a rare George III stick barometer, antique jewellery and Regency furniture are just some of the items which will go under the hammer tomorrow, in what is being described as one of the most important auctions ever held in this country.

Kevin McGee, chief executive of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay which runs the three hospital sites which took those injured from the train crash in Cumbria last night, admitted he had been expecting more casualties.

Detractors of the Crazy Frog and other mobile phone ringtones can take comfort from research indicating the boom is coming to an end.

Michael Jarvis’ promising four-year-old Hinterland could take his chance in Saturday’s £75,000 Petros Rose Of Lancaster Stakes at Haydock.

Kieren Fallon appeared in court yesterday to answer charges relating to an alleged betting conspiracy.